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Nepali vs Mongolian


Mongolian vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
China, Mongolia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Nepal   
China, Mongolia   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)   

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  

Similar To
Hindi   
Turkish Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
48   
28
35   
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
13   
10

How Many Consonants
36   
26
20   
10

Scripts
Devanagari   
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Сайн уу (Sain uu)   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)   

Please
कृपया   
Хэрэв (Kherev)   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Баяртай (Bayartai)   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Khalkha Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Mongolia   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Ordos Mongolian   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Mongolia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
123,000.00   
34

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Khorchin Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Mongolia   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
5.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
5.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Not Available   

French Name
népalais   
mongol   

German Name
Nepali   
Mongolisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Not Available   

History

Origin
19 BC   
1224-1225   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Mongolic family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Mongolian   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian   

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian   

Language Position
59   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Mongolian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
mn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
mon   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
mon   

ISO 639 3
npi   
mon   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
mong1331   

Linguasphere
12   
part of 44-BAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Nepali and Mongolian Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Mongolian language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Mongolian language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Mongolian language states that this language originated in 1224-1225. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Nepali and Mongolian Language History.

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Nepali and Mongolian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Nepali and Mongolian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Mongolian language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Mongolian word for "Thank You" is та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa). Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Mongolian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Nepali vs Mongolian Difficulty

The Nepali vs Mongolian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Mongolian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Nepali and Mongolian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Mongolian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Mongolian time required is 44 weeks.

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